Farm leaders to tackle environmentalist in rewilding debate

Should the British countryside be wilder? That’s the question at the heart of a “rewilding” debate to take place at the inaugural BBC Countryfile Live event, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Writer and environmentalist George Monbiot sparked controversy when he set out his vision for rewilding the British landscape in his book, Feral, released in 2013. Mr Monbiot wants to see more of the British landscape returned to its natural state to create more room for wildlife and to help halt the decline […]